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Service bulletin 98168

A bulletin is a manufacturer's communication to its dealers, as NHTSA indexes it. The summary is NHTSA's. The document is the manufacturer's: read it at NHTSA. A bulletin is not a recall, and listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned.

The communication, as NHTSA indexes it (as of 2026-10-19)
TypeService bulletin
NHTSA id609737
Published by NHTSA2000-04-07
Manufacturer's number98168
Manufacturer's date2000-04-07
NHTSA componentPOWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION

NHTSA's summary

TRANSMISSION- E40D/4R100-1989-99-MAIN CONTROLS, SEPARATOR PLATES AND SEPARATOR PLATE GASKETS USAGE CHART. YD

The document

No address for NHTSA's copy can be built for this communication. Ask the dealer for it by the manufacturer's number.

Components

Transmission and driveline, Automatic transmission

Vehicles listed
FORD BRONCO1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996
FORD ECONOLINE1989 to 1998
FORD EXPEDITION1997, 1998
FORD F SUPER DUTY1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997
FORD F-1501991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998
FORD F-2501991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998
FORD F-250 SD1997 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
FORD F-3501991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997
FORD F-3501998
FORD F1501989, 1990
FORD F2501990
FORD F250 HD1989 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
FORD F250 LD1989, 1990 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
FORD F3501989, 1990
FORD NAVIGATOR1998
FORD SUPER DUTY F SERIES1999

Listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned: the document says which.

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
97V1710001997-10-07. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:GEAR POSITION INDICATION (PRNDL)
97V1470001997-09-09. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
90V1010001990-06-01. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:GEAR POSITION INDICATION (PRNDL)

A recall listed here may apply to some of the same vehicles. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle.

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0023102001-03-05. Service bulletin. SUBJECT REGARDING CONTAMINATION FROM PRIOR TRANSMISSION CONCERNS OR EXCESS WEAR MAY BE TRAPPED IN THE TRANSMISSION FLUID COOLING SYSTEM. *TT
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